Mikanko Explained in 21 Minutes [Yu-Gi-Oh! Archetype Analysis]

Alternate Title: Are We Human? Or Are We Mikanko?
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This video is a that will Explain all of the Mikanko cards in Yu-Gi-Oh! that have been printed in the card game proper, as well as some that are thematically similar, how they work individually and as a group, as well as synergies with other cards, You might even learn some trivia while you're here!
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Hello Everyone! GoldenNova here! Amazing Defenders has been fully revealed, so it's time to talk about the new roster of cards! First up is Mikanko, a series of monsters that A) Love Equips and B) Love Reflecting Damage! So make sure to tap you feet along with the beat, because it's time to dance!
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0:00 Intro
1:43 Mikanko Main Deck Monsters
5:27 Mikanko Spell/Trap Cards
13:07 Tech Cards
19:32 Outro
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#yugioh #mikanko #goldennovayugioh

[@amiablereaper]

My first thought when I saw this archetype was "oh cool, she's lemon flavored"

[@zeusalternative1270]

Mikanko is one of those archetypes that probably aren't going to be meta but are such a joy to play, specially when you can pull an Amazoness Swordwoman OTK in 2022.

[@Cody_L._Brock]

They can be if you can dump 8 equips in the GY then use their op ritual spell card.

[@Divineniijigamer]

They are playable in the meta because I have been winning games with them.

[@skeletonwar4445]

@@Cody_L._Brock The Ritual Spell needs to destroy opponent's cards first and *then* inflicts burn based on how many cards you destroyed. So unless your opponent conveniently has 8 cards on the field that they let you destroy, this shit ain't gonna FTK anyone.

[@zekiel2533]

This aged poorly. Mikanko libromancer is no joke

[@Divineniijigamer]

@@zekiel2533 I love playing Mikanko but they just need more protection.

[@captianblitz]

We heard you wanted battle damage with your battle damage, so we gave you some battle damage with your battle damage -Konami when making this deck, probably

[@shinjiokami]

"Y'all like burn right?" - Konami, probably.

[@Bezaliel13]

Wasn't an issue that the Battle Phase did not mattered to most?

[@harleypettersen9225]

@@Bezaliel13 what?

[@Bezaliel13]

@@harleypettersen9225 You are questioning a question. "what?"

[@nickkelley9139]

I can already see thousands of people in EdoPro attacking into a Mikanko with it's battle reflection set up and losing because they can't be bothered to read the cards.

[@Aaron_Heininger]

Lol yah I can see that happening or they get owned by there own piecing damage being thrown back at them. Or they Simmons a big beef cake like cyber dragons love yo do and get super owns by there attack stat they where super proud of making. I can also see a nabiru token remaining on the field being a game ender since the token will be pumped up with a lot of attack stats.

[@user-ec1fo6lb5w]

One year later in Master Duel, this is EXACTLY what's happening - I can't count how many times someone's run into them, or better, Ash'ed the search effect and thinking that negated _everything._

[@ZEDEX252]

Honestly love the concept of mikanko. Probably my favorite out of all the other archetype introduced in the set. Not to mention it's actually a pretty decent deck too

[@HIMMBelljuvo]

Wow! This archetype is damn near perfect in design. Also: Yubel is hella power crept lol

[@Torterra454]

I still hope we get new Yubel cards one day!

[@Bezaliel13]

Not to mention Heart-eartH Dragon.

[@carpedm9846]

Yubel walked so they can run

[@yuseifudo6075]

​@@Torterra454this comment aged well

[@caet.d5]

​@@Torterra454This comment aged like fine wine

[@RGA301092]

The Quick-Play spell shows three extra potential characters (purple-hair, blonde and brunette/orange-hair on the edge of art), AND we're missing at least one more main deck monster representing the jewel, as well as two Equip spells associated with them

[@j2minerblacksands881]

Some Equip Cards that may be side includes: Equip "Darkworld Shackles" to your opponents boss monsters that cant be gotten rid of with effects to beet them down , "Cursed Armaments" your don't have any attack and if your opponent is swarming the field it will impact them more, "Ribbon of Rebirth" to get back your monsters or grab those of your opponent's, & "Armed Changer" is much more situational but if you need to grab monsters out of the deck.

[@FusionHero1298]

One thing you could mention too is the tryce equip spell it makes your Mikanko lose atk but attack tryce

[@Bezaliel13]

Looks more like "thrice" than "twice" tbh.

[@23gameoverlord]

I wanna hear Nova do Cloudians, mostly because I know he'll make all kinds of silly puns for a strange yet weirdly fun Archetype.

[@jmansword]

go to his playlist page he's already done them

[@23gameoverlord]

@@jmanswordI already looked through the playlists, Nova hasn't done a video on Cloudians yet.

[@Ramsey276one]

Yep… Back to the Rata Meme Train! Last video was quite a coin flip Ricoshot! XD

[@tsynthetic]

Personally, I love playing them as a small package in Libromancer ritual. Having the ritual in the hand and a discard gives you an interruption which is kind of cool

[@Ramsey276one]

Cool!

[@shokocontane594]

Actually, if you equip Nini with Purifying Dance, she can steal an opponent monster, then proceed to bounce another using the stolen monster as fodder for Purifying Dance's effect, effectively bouncing both to the opponent's hand while you lose nothing in return. Also, Axe of Fool is the perfect equipment for Ookami to use her effect on. It negates the effect of the equipped monster, basically turning Ookami's effect into a OPT quick negate. It gives the equipped monster 1000 ATK on top of that, meaning your Mikanko deal 1000 more dmg.

[@blackmark2899]

You could also tech in Twin Sword of Flashing Light. An old but pretty decent card that allows two attack at the cost of 500 atk. Since our monster have little to no attack anyway and we want as much self dmg as possible to reflect. This is great since it'll give two swings so the ceiling for an OTK is smaller. The opponent thinks they are safe from OTK range and then they get swung on twice for game.

[@besttitanosaurus7742]

Would that actually work, though? The cards read that the self-damage is a once per turn, so- I think we'd just kill ourselves with a second attack.

[@blackmark2899]

@@besttitanosaurus7742 oh really? Then yeah don't do that if so. I thought the effect was always on long as they have an equip on them.

[@mokato3988]

@@blackmark2899 relax, it works, the damage effect is not a once per turn. If you pay attention when reading the card you can see no once per turn in the damage effect/battle protection but only on the secondary effects you see a hard once per turn. Also the only cost for twin sword is the discard, so even if the monster does have 0 attack you can use the equip spell, the atk reduction its not a cost.

[@besttitanosaurus7742]

Ahhh, yeah I'm blind. Somehow read it as both effects being once per rather than just the second. My b-!

[@mokato3988]

@@besttitanosaurus7742 its normal, usually konami talks about the effects and the last line is just "You can only use each effect of " insert name of the card " once per turn

[@moonshine1282]

pretty fun and comprehensive video. awesome work!

[@rikubro26]

This has to be not only my favorite new archetype but my absolute favorite deck build pack as I also love the other two archetypes that are in it.

[@Closer2Zero]

As an old fan of classic noble knights, its sick to see what could be a really powerful equip focused archetype.

[@PorceLynPoltergeist]

Friendship ended with Amazoness Swordswoman, now Oohime is my best friend

[@jaydemigod9731]

I’ll now forever be calling Masquerade the IRS Dragon

[@Travbot]

thank you for this video! very informative!

[@shiranuironinl1732]

Ahh a deck based on Shintoism I always enjoy Japanese based decks.I even tried to make 1 myself(I failed) Nice video by the way

[@partyrock4144]

Due to the ritual’s sword and the overall theming there will be a green “jade” mikanko

[@crispwisper]

Any one else count "massive damage!"😂 Great vid man❤

[@p.m.e.7311]

"Come on,Come on I want you to hit me." -The pilot

[@U1TR4F0RCE]

Really like the touch of background music getting operatic with the noble knights

[@lokithehero2309]

If we know anything about modern deck build packs then in the future either the Rescue Ace, Purery, and/or Mikanko archetypes will (hopefully) get some busted support in the future making them really strong. Similar to how Exosister and PUNK got tons of support that made them really good.

[@Aaron_Heininger]

Or lol they never get support like so many other forgotten decks that Konami started and never did anything with them.

[@creeperboy2567]

From “the great mikanko of legend” ‘s artwork we can see other 2 people, so my guess is that in the future they’ll add to the archetype 2 main deck monsters and 1 ritual monster, maybe? 🤷‍♂️

[@Divineniijigamer]

Double-edged sword is so damn good man I have won a few games with double edge sword.

[@Sbart117]

Learned about Mikankos a few days ago and became interested due to the miko theme. Now I can say I love them for their mechanics as well

[@battleunicorn3978]

I already have so much fun playing Bloom Diva and watching my opponents suffer, this theme seems like a perfect fit for me.

[@kennieva5269]

Good start for featuring themes in Deck Build Pack:Amazing Defenders ... Looking forward for Rescue-Ace

[@cakezlordsenpai]

So, Power Tool Dragon but on steroids and actual playable effects. Nice.

[@pepercat17]

Hi hi 😊. Do you think you can create a playlist of all your archetype explained videos? They’re the best! I want to binge watch them but finding them in your video list is a pain 🫠. Thanks so much!

[@ironblaster_8838]

If snatch steal is so good why isn’t there a snatch steal 2…

[@carpedm9846]

Ok Im playtesting it now and. Honestly it seems to form rather intimidating boards despite my lack of general skill. First open with 2 blazing, 1 penciplume, 1 rota, 1 prep got me a sonic bird on board with a 3 pop summon Oohime in hand, 1 steal with nini, 1 spin with purify, and then another steal with the incoming Oohime(equip to opponent inviting dance). Another hand got me 3 steals between nini and 2 oohime's. One thing to note, Arabesque does NOT require you to equip to a mikanko, or even your monsters, so you can equip it to your opponent's monster, spin it back to hand, then summon Oohime from deck. Isolde is very good in the deck, and sonic bird turns the ritual spell from a good turn2 option to a very good turn1 set up. Since Im doing test hands, I havent gotten the chance to see how well it plays against interruption, but with so many ways of cheating out oohime, I think it can do decently. One thing to note though, this deck dies to dark ruler no more. If my opponent has a way to mass negate, I dont see how Im making it out. I think you want to go 2nd, because then arabesque becomes pure advantage, you can capitalize on the monsters on board, and if you open the ritual spell its not as bad.

[@davidwilkinson2234]

I built this deck 3 years ago with just Amazoness swordswoman and you're missing the ABSOLUTE MVP that completely takes "almost" OTKs to over the top overkills Action magic - full turn. Your welcome.

[@csabijooo]

You can equip to Opp kaiju summon from deck and return the kaiju back to hand :3

[@vardiganxpl1698]

Mikanko is my new favorite archetype. Ohime is mine to Atem's Dark Magician Girl

[@faiyus6533]

The only problems i have with this deck is the lack of oranges. Why would you name an archetype oranges priestess without any oranges?

[@Bezaliel13]

Heart-eartH Dragon: "DUDE!" Yubel: "So unfair."

[@carpedm9846]

"Back in my day you had to be destroyed 2 times before you could attack reflect offensively! I was getting Dark Hole'd uphill both ways."

[@Bezaliel13]

@@carpedm9846 Heart-eartH Dragon: "Meanwhile, they just need an Equip?"

[@Aides1128]

I’ve done a little bit of testing and hare works as a fantastic extender for infernoble combos. I’m super excited for this deck to come to the tcg but I’m hoping we get more main deck shrine maidens soon

[@frostkitsunelive7661]

This archetype can work really well with the Noble Knight archetypes especially. Being able to quick-requip your Knights and also redirect attacks towards your stronger monsters, or Oohime. Isolde can also hyper-fill your GY with Equip Cards to make Mikanko Kagura burn even more. Also, using IFG sets you up with 9 Equip Spells in GY, allowing you to instantly burn your opponent to death the moment you summon Ohime properly.

[@doubl2480]

The current issue with Mikanko is the fact the different "parts" of the archetypes are kind of disjointed. It's hard to combine Ritual summoning with Equip spells, and all your monsters that have different types and attributes to top it off, in a same cohesive deck. Here's the result of some of my experiments though: -Isolde is a must. By herself, she searches Gearfried to use as material for the ritual summon of Oohime, dumps equips like Inviting Rondo, Phoenix Blade or Durendal you want in the GY, special summons Hare from the deck, and the Phoenix Blade you dumped can be recovered as a discard for Oohime's searching or activated to trigger the searching of Hare. -Ritual Sanctuary is nice to search Oohime and manipulate the equips you want in the GY. You might even end up using the other effect to reborn Oohime and close the game. -Oohime can reequip Durendal from the GY to search Infernoble Renaud, which can special summon itself while Hare is on the field and recover a Gearfried you dumped or an equip spell you'd rather have in hand (like the reborn one). Renaud also unlocks Halqifibrax, to summon from the deck Vylon Stella... which (with Oohime) unlocks level 9 synchros with Equip synergies like Power Tool Braver or Charles, turns itself into one more equip spell with a Catastor effect, and is another Light Fairy you can reborn with Ritual Sanctuary! -Something Nova didn't mention: Arabesque can be equipped to an opponent's monster. So you can use it to special summon a Mikanko from the deck while bouncing your opponent's monster! -Fulfillment of the Contract and Execution of the Contract are two Equip spells that help you put Oohime into play in some way or another. I don't play them personally, but they could be useful if you really want to focus on the ritual side. I feel like Mikanko have amazing potential. I just wish we could get an Equip Spell that does a Ritual Summon or searches a Ritual monster, just so bridging the different sides of the deck would be easier. By the way, I barely mentionned Nini, but Arabesque is really the card that allows her to come into play. I think in most cases you want to start with Isolde and Hare, and find a path towards Nini and Oohime with these plays.

[@Aaron_Heininger]

Think your missing the biggest downfall and that's bricking on a bunch of useless spells and no monsters or worse your opponent has skill drain up and you have no out to it. So yah this deck has too many issues to be great. Sure the cards individually seem cool and splashed in a deck or sided into a random deck that your opponent doesn't except this strat might be funny to do to catch them off guard..

[@yunonasumi7982]

I can't believe you didn't mention how Arabesque can be used on your opponent's monster for a free bounce. Even better if its your Kaiju cause then you can just summon it again, outing another of their monsters.

[@efrenarias8301]

Honestly cant wait to play the deck

[@alanbruns6798]

Bamboo swords come to mind here as well to help fill up the grave yard

[@MrInf1nity]

I wanna hear Nova do virtual world so bad plz i pray

[@hickumu]

Man, a Mikanko + Kaiju deck would be thematic as all hell. Shrine maidens both controlling and battling against kaiju in a grand, climactic elemental dance!

[@lunabutterfly4081]

Just something to keep in mind there's a certain spell by the name of tool box that is fun in this deck

[@krono4397]

I would love to play this in Master Duel

[@Kyumaro]

I will play them in MD for sure, as soon as i saw them i liked that archetype, art are great, their gimmick are unique, everything i ask from a archetype.

[@inventorofsalt]

I am hyped to for "Arabesque of the Mikanko" because it is a very flexible equip card for all kind of strategies :D When does it come to the TCG ?

[@AI7428]

Oohime has cool synergy with Dark World. 👍

[@Aaron_Heininger]

Personally I'm just gonna run the fire mikanko in my infernoble deck. That way my opponent won't see it coming and if they do they'll have no choice to either respond or dies.

[@TerraEmperor1]

Never heard of this archetype but I really like there gimmick

[@vratsukauminotica9603]

Purifying dance of mikanko is also perfect to bounce 2 cards of the opponent... Step 1... Control opponent card with the inviting rondo (use the ritual mikanko/catfight trap).... Step 2.... Just wait... Enjoy your tea... While waiting opponent special summon... Step 3... Poof 2 of em is gone to the hand/extra deck

[@metaphobic]

Yeah I'm totally playing this

[@uzairmughal5981]

This deck is as powerful as it is beautiful

[@TheGoodWillSpreader]

if there are people who don't play banlist, anime has a equip spell called Sky Excalibur it give 400 attack and makes the monster unaffected by card effects.

[@Shendowx]

It's funny you mention Lava Golem, I'm using Yugioh deck builder and I added the card before watching the video. Wouldn't Battle Mania be with these cards since you want your opponent to attack them to send the damaged right back at them?

[@Tinkhec_best_maid]

so this is before the green Mikanko i just like to call the monsters pokemon names like Squirtle, Charmander and Bulbasour

[@thekittycatcan5605]

Playing megalith with the chaos max dragon and mikanko saved me so much

[@Divineniijigamer]

These ladies are too gangsta for Yu-Gi-Oh

[@yusheitslv100]

Calling it now: there "legacy" support in PHHY or Cyberstorm Access will be the Jewel Mikanko. (They have the Sword (Kusanagi) and the Mirror (don't know the Japanese name), so when the Jewel (Magatama)?

[@emilianatsuki8888]

Probably won't be able to get this archetype since I just whaled on charmer deck since it's waifu

[@javis999]

I think there is going to be a green color because of the art on the ritual monster

[@Lightmaster677]

A fun thing I found with Arabesque when I played was to equip it to an opponent's monster. Bounce a problem to get one of my playmakers? Yes please.

[@paleasaghost-5799]

I will use them with the arcana knights. Play "Living Fossil" with isolde and renaud for link-ups. Its a no-Branier.

[@GeargusArchfiend]

Anyone else remember when Deck build packs were 2 new archetypes and 1 legacy support? We get a ton more LS in main sets now, but I really miss those days. Nephthys was such a sour taste to leave off on, sacred pheonix deserved better.

[@tcoren1]

Ohime also doesn't target the monster it equips, so it can out stuff like dragun Arabasque can be equipped to opponent's monster which also helps with board clearing I prefer running the malicious+vyon engine for isolde, since malicious is not a garnet - if you draw it you can discard for ohime, then like normal summon the fire mikanko make isolde

[@chiefsymeris]

Idk why but I want to couple the Mikankos with a small Relinquished engine. Since we don't really need the normal summon, bring back a negated big boy > NS Idol > Link 1 Anima > Steal the big boy > ??? > Profit

[@EduardoWeidmanBarijan]

I can't help but to think that Power of Guardians could be used as a tech in this type of equip decks

[@darkstorm2579]

With the recent Yubel support, I kinda wonder what happens when you combine her with the Mikanko archetype.

[@RenegadeRacoon]

Mikanko may not be one of the best archetypes, but it's really fun to play since you are not completely out of the game against heavy combo decks which are the most predominant type on modern Yu Gi Oh.

[@killingzero]

Our signs are vital. Our hands are cold.

[@BurningLance2]

ooh my interesting cards. i wonder how well they synergy with archtypes like.... lets say dragonmaids

[@ericvanwilligen1061]

ara can be equiped to any monster on the field

[@dakotadoyle7573]

Considering all the monsters have no attack how about adding Messenger of Piece for a crazy tech pick

[@rainangel159]

Quick question. ¿"Doorway of the celestial mikanko" forces your opponent to attack if their monsters are in attack position or does it mean that if he wants to attack he must only attack equipped monsters? Also ¿How many cards can be equipped to a monster?

[@zestyflamingo]

This archetype gives me ‘slightly better dual avatar’ vibes

[@tylermeeksmith4176]

Mikanko hero is a deck that works pretty well somehow...

[@zimattack9994]

Card idea token soldiers three link monster that buff and gane bounce effect for each tokens and can shere equip spells effect sort of like a reverse victory viper.

[@mylittleyuriclan4621]

Basically Yubel's decendants

[@kingscourge6031]

Mikanko kind of reminds me of timelords not sure if thats a good thing or bad thing yet😮😅

[@Ramsey276one]

I really hope we get six in total, like the Charmers! Because of that card’s art?

[@Ramsey276one]

6:20

[@ConspoAlt]

man this just became one of my fav archetyped just from this vid. unique effects, funny reflect damage otk potential, equip spell synergy AND cute anime art

[@inferno1100]

Just throw oohime in any deck with the ritual spell boom got a good monster which is easy to get out

[@bryncollier7120]

Interesting, a double edge sword deck.

[@cyberpanda777]

QUESTION: I thought Ritual monsters were not allowed to be special summoned without having had been ritual summoned first? Which in theory would not be targetable by "the great mikanko of legend" or "mikanko promise" or "Arabesque of the Mikanko" am I wrong or am I missing something here?

[@GoldenNovaYugioh]

That's true! In general, Ritual Monsters have to properly be ritual summoned first before they can be summoned from the hand. However, "The Great Mikanko Of Legend" states that it ignores summoning conditions, which bypasses that restriction. However, because "Promise" and "Arabesque" lack that that phrase, they can't be used to summon Oohime. Important note, though, if Oohime gets sent to the grave by whatever means after being summoned by "Great Mikanko", it can't be special summoned, even by effects that ignore summoning conditions, because it wasn't properly summoned to begin with. Hope that helps!

[@cyberpanda777]

@@GoldenNovaYugioh THANK YOU YES! this is going to be a great splash into my deck!!! much love thank you for replying!!

[@skildfrix]

This deck gave me emotional damage

[@drunkenrobot7061]

Fun fact: you can use Arabesque's effect to equip it to an opponent's monster, then bounce that monster while summoning your own Mikanko. Combine that with Kaiju cards, and you can tribute an opponent's monster, maybe crash a Mikanko already on the field into it, then use Arabesque to bounce it back to your hand, ready to tribute another monster.

[@TheEvilwisdom]

Would Armory Call be a good tech for this deck?

[@RakemGaming]

I know it’s a garbage card but I wanna throw Yubel into this deck just to equip it with something and have that forced attack card on board

[@kenkaneki2202]

Absolutely love what they are based on so thats great n waifu deck...gimmicky but looks

[@arthurmcdaniel3943]

This deck is already broken, I'm happy how it was designed, so not a lot of the cards playing now can mix well with it. Even if this doesn't get any support soon it's still gonna be a big deal

[@skeletonwar4445]

Wdym, these girls fit perfectly into Isolde Warrior toolbox, especially a version with Phantom Knights, as those are level 3 and can go into things like Cherubini and Alucard for Utopic F0

[@user-lc3on9fd9m]

This will be the new sky striker the next zoodiac

[@jamesdean7878]

Tyrant Burst Mikanko…nuff said

[@randomguy9249]

if only the cards not that expensive

[@waterloard6045]

Can yu do dragonity

[@Kmation]

Seems like they’re guardians 2.0. Just better

[@senjioh8619]

So no combo examples? I can read the cards to know what they do but to see the combos would be more helpful.